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Bathroom story: Why does the bathroom smell?
Bathroom story: Why does the bathroom smell? Half a year ago, I was explaining to my wife how I was developing a data analytics model to...
Vivek Rathod
Sep 10, 20241 min read
Meeting story: Top 3 scariest One-on-One Meetings (1:1)
Meeting story: Top 3 scariest One-on-One Meetings (1:1) 1:1 meeting with your manager prior to appraisal 1:1 meeting with the client...
Vivek Rathod
Sep 10, 20241 min read
Scam story: Need guidance regarding IPO allotment!
Scam story: Need guidance regarding IPO allotment! I got two calls today from a girl. She said someone had given her my number. She...
Vivek Rathod
Sep 10, 20241 min read


Designation story: Senior Manager, not Director!
Designation story: Senior Manager, not Director! In October 2020, I was negotiating hard with EVERSANA to secure a Director position....
Vivek Rathod
Aug 29, 20241 min read
Problem story: We love solving complex problems
Problem story: We love solving complex problems In 2018, ZS updated its tagline to “We love solving complex problems,” moving away from...
Vivek Rathod
Aug 27, 20241 min read
Fit story: Don't force fit!
Fit story: Don't force fit! Like many Indians, I was hit by a double whammy. India lost to Germany (2-3) in a close hockey semi-final...
Vivek Rathod
Aug 27, 20241 min read
Marriage story: Do you believe in Karma?
Marriage story: Do you believe in Karma? Before we got married, neither my wife nor I believed in Karma. Now, after 12 years, we both...
Vivek Rathod
Aug 27, 20241 min read


Learning story: Fulfilling the unfulfilled desires
Learning story: Fulfilling the unfulfilled desires In 2013, I learned to drive a car in India, and within a year, I became a proficient...
Vivek Rathod
Aug 23, 20242 min read


Narcissism story: I used to talk about myself
Narcissism story: I used to talk about myself In the past, I had a tendency to talk excessively about myself. Between 2001 and 2011, I...
Vivek Rathod
Aug 21, 20241 min read
Action story: The Power of "Action items" in communication
Action story: The Power of "Action items" in communication When I joined ZS , a pharma consulting company, in 2015, one of the first...
Vivek Rathod
Aug 13, 20241 min read
Fit story: Don't force fit!
Like many Indians, I was hit by a double whammy. India lost to Germany (2-3) in a close hockey semi-final match. To make matters worse,...
Vivek Rathod
Aug 7, 20241 min read


Decision story: Balcooa, or Nutans or Polymorpha or Vulgaris Bamboo to plant?
I recently faced a dilemma about which bamboo species to plant on our 1-acre (40,000 sq ft) land. The Balcooa variety has traders but...
Vivek Rathod
Aug 4, 20241 min read
Focus story: In several instances, time seemed to expand (brain works faster to give more time to react)
1998: I had a minor accident on my bicycle, colliding with the tire of a stationary 18-wheeler truck. Despite lasting only 1 second, it...
Vivek Rathod
Aug 4, 20241 min read
Mom story: Why am I still with my current organization?
2010: I left Larsen & Toubro after completing 3 years 2014: I left KPIT after completing 2.75 years 2015: I left eInfochips (An...
Vivek Rathod
Aug 4, 20241 min read


WW2 story: Why I have decided to plant bamboo on our agricultural land!
During World War II, the Soviet Union, despite being industrially underdeveloped, outproduced advanced industrial Germany in military...
Vivek Rathod
Aug 4, 20242 min read


Sharing story: ख़ुशियाँ बांटने से बढ़ती है, और दुःख बांटने से कम होता है! - बाबू भाई, Hera Pheri movie!
Sharing amplifies happiness and diminishes sorrow! Recently one of the senior associate in the team said that "After a few days, someone...
Vivek Rathod
Aug 4, 20241 min read
Interview story: Do you get sales data in hashtag#IQVIA hashtag#Xponent data source?
Interview story: Do you get sales data in hashtag#IQVIA hashtag#Xponent data source? In 2020, during an interview with the VP of...
Vivek Rathod
Jul 31, 20241 min read


Story story: Effort and Outcome is not always proportional.
Story story: Effort and Outcome is not always proportional. I spent 3 days of efforts writing a post on Patient claims data and added a...
Vivek Rathod
Jul 30, 20241 min read
Budget story: After the 2024 budget,
Nirmala Sitharaman talks about mental health issues in India. There seems to be typo: Nirmala Sitharaman creates mental health issues in...
Vivek Rathod
Jul 26, 20241 min read


Affection story: My heart has yearned for countless years to hold my beloved, and now, the wait has ended...
But there is Kriday (my 3 year old son), playing with my beloved, Poclain Excavator, which I recently purchased after first seeing it in...
Vivek Rathod
Jul 26, 20241 min read
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